Christmas: Spiced Cheesecake
Source of Recipe
Paula Deen's Christmas (2010 Special Issue)
List of Ingredients
- -- Crust --
- 2 cups chocolate wafer crumbs
- � cup sugar
- � cup butter, melted
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- -- Filling --
- 4 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
- � tsp ground nutmeg
- � tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup prepared eggnog
- 2 Tbsp dark rum
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300� F.
- To prepare crust:
In a medium bowl, combine wafer crumbs and sugar. Add melted butter, stirring until combined. Press mixture into bottom and 1 inch up sides of a 9-inch springform pan.
- To prepare filling:
In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, flour, nutmeg, and cinnamon at medium speed with a mixer until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add eggnog and rum, beating until combined. Pour batter into prepared crust. Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Turn oven off, and leave cheesecake in oven with door closed for 1 hour. Remove from oven, and chill for at least 8 hours before serving.
Makes one (9-inch) cheesecake.
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